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Roland SH-2, pad

Theme for Great Cities · Simple Minds / Single (1981)

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Contest: Roland SH-2 played pad on Theme for Great Cities by Simple Minds (1981)

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Settings

osc
saw -1, unison 2, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2000 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 600 ms D 500 ms S 0.8 R 1400 ms; slow cinematic swell; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
long spring-style reverb, none
notes
An atmospheric synth pad carries this largely instrumental track, later a club and DJ favourite, showing the band's early synth-forward, Simple Minds-as-motorik side.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem